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selftests: net: add a hint about MACAddressPolicy=persistent
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:45:56 +0000 (11:45 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 1 Dec 2025 20:02:13 +0000 (12:02 -0800)
commitaadff9f766399a350aa3e09fc671617bdc0b365f
treeaa4dfba4eafd29f23d728d69278f48d0513530d2
parent4b1639cac04cbc0d19321fc26476ea4f89ff4c8a
selftests: net: add a hint about MACAddressPolicy=persistent

New NIPA installation had been reporting a few flaky tests.
arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier is most flaky of them all.
I suspect that the flakiness is due to udev swapping the MAC
addresses on the interfaces. Extend the message in
arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier to hint at this potential issue.
Having the neigh get fail right after ping is rather unusual,
unless udev changes the MAC addr causing a flush in the meantime.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251127194556.2409574-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
tools/testing/selftests/net/arp_ndisc_evict_nocarrier.sh